????上世紀(jì)70年代時(shí),，我在雅高集團(tuán)（Accor Hotels）工作,，那時(shí)這家集團(tuán)的規(guī)模還相對(duì)較小。當(dāng)時(shí),，我很年輕，渴望與更大規(guī)模的美國(guó)酒店進(jìn)行競(jìng)爭(zhēng),。我的步子邁得太快了,，幾個(gè)月后我所做的一切都開(kāi)始崩塌。就在這時(shí),，當(dāng)時(shí)的首席執(zhí)行官杰拉德·貝里松把我叫進(jìn)了他的辦公室,。我知道我做的不好，因此我非常緊張,。他讓我坐下來(lái),，沒(méi)有說(shuō)什么要開(kāi)除我或警告我做得多么糟糕，他說(shuō)：“要長(zhǎng)壽,，首先不能夭折了,，”而且“好死不如賴活著?！边@個(gè)建議至今我依然記得,。我原本以為會(huì)遭到批評(píng)和指責(zé)，但相反,，他告訴我什么是長(zhǎng)遠(yuǎn)的目標(biāo),，永遠(yuǎn)不要失去對(duì)短期的關(guān)注。如今每個(gè)周日,，我都會(huì)坐下來(lái),，思考一下我的長(zhǎng)期目標(biāo)和短期目標(biāo)。他在那次會(huì)面時(shí)告訴我,，在某些目標(biāo)上達(dá)到98%的完美,，比遲到的100%完美要好。

Philippe Bourguignon

CEO of Exclusive Resorts

????In the mid-'70s, I was working at Accor Hotels, which at the time was a relatively small company. I was young and eager to compete against the larger American hotels, so I ran so fast that after a few months, everything I did started to fall apart. As I saw everything collapsing before my eyes, the CEO, Gérard Pélisson, called me into his office. I knew I wasn't doing well, so I was very anxious. He sat me down, and instead of firing me or reminding me how poorly I was doing, he said, "To live old you first need to live young." And, "It is better to be alive [and a] little weak than be dead in good health." This piece of advice has stuck with me ever since. I was expecting to be criticized and challenged, but instead he educated me around this idea of having a vision for the long term, but never losing sight of the short term. Every Sunday I sit down and think about what my goals are for the long term as well as what my goals are for the next day. He taught me in that meeting that it's better to be 98% perfect on a certain goal than 100% too late.